Laurel Parks instructs the beginner "Drunken Fiddles" class at Belger Crane Yard Studios. Learning to play an instrument as an adult can be difficult, especially when many beginner level classes are ...

A lton private violin instructor Kelsey Waits runs her violin studio out of a small room at the front of her house. With a ...

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Growing up in Oak Park, Sam Walder was a student of the violin beginning at age 4, but as he made his way through the elite Illinois Math & Science Academy and later the University of Illinois' ...

The on-set violin teacher for ‘Chevalier’ reveals all the tips and tricks he used when teaching Kelvin Harrison Jr. to play the 18th-century Black musician. The 18th-century violin virtuoso Joseph ...

One of my best experiences while growing up here in Parkersburg was the opportunity I had to take violin lessons at Tavennerville Elementary School, which RESA occupied until recently. Just a few ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s a challenge to learn how to play violin at a young age and for Kentrell Amerson it’s even more difficult. That’s because Kentrell has only one hand. Nevertheless, he’s been ...

I started playing violin in 2008. I was 56 years old. My wife and I were on a weekend trip to New York. We had just seen some downtown theater and were making our way back to our hotel. On a mostly ...